Articles by: Doug

I have UFC Hall of Famer Royce Gracie scheduled at the Glastonbury location on Saturday May 19th. The first session from 9-11 a.m. is open to all members of the Royce Gracie Jiu Jitsu Network and by invite. The session from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. is open to all schools and styles. We are also planning a session from [...]

Royce Gracie will be at our network location in Glastonbury, CT on Saturday May 19th. There will be a 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. session for Royce Gracie Network students. Open or public sessions: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. sessions will be open to people of all levels from any system. Cost: $60 per [...]

It looks like we’ve been getting some new students around the network which is awesome. I’d like to welcome the new people to the network. One of the great things about the network is, how helpful people are with passing on the knowledge. It’s one of the things that attracted me to this network in the first place. If you’re [...]

Saturday, May 19th, reserve the date! We’ll be posting details soon. The UFC Hall of Fame legend will be coming to Connecticut to conduct a seminar in Glastonbury. Stay tuned for session times, and price. I will post the details soon.

Royce Gracie black belt Jim Hughes will be at the Glastonbury school on Tuesday 11/22 at 7:15 p.m. Jim has a long history with Royce, and its always a treat to have him come to Glastonbury. His insight to Gracie Jiu Jitsu is amazing, and its an opportunity you shouldn’t miss. Bring a friend, bring your kimono, bring your questions, [...]

Power is back at the Glastonbury location. Friday night we begin our normal schedule. In Glastonbury we are starting training with gi on Saturday mornings, and Tuesday nights. Fridays will remain no gi (actually when winter comes you can wear the gi on Friday nights if you like). For those that have no power still or have had to endure [...]

Due power outages in Glastonbury resultant from Irene, class will be canceled in Glastonbury tonight. At this writing Glastonbury is 78% without power. There should be class at 7:30 in West Hartford so please don’t forego training.

The seminars and tournament were a lot of fun, very educational, and everything ran very smoothly. Saturday morning we got an early start. The setup began around 6 a.m. and we were ready to go for the 8 a.m. seminar. It was unusually early for a seminar, but those that helped set up were sweating before it began. Many thanks [...]

Katie, our coach in Boston was promoted to purple belt by Royce today. It was well deserved, she is an inspiration to me. Anyone that has reached that level knows the dedication it takes, and it is no small thing. I know I speak for all the other coaches when I say we are proud of our jiu jitsu sister.

Don’t forget the seminars/tournament tomorrow. First seminar is early, 8 a.m. second is at 10:30 a.m. wearing gi for seminars is recomended, wear gi or no gi for tourney. Tourney starts at 1 p.m. Be a good uke when you train. Found a great video showing Royce’s brother doing a demo with a young yellow belt that illustrates being a [...]